Active board member, investor and advisor to early and mid-stage SaaS companies. Retired SaaS Operating Executive with success at SaaS growth companies including Conga, DocuSign, Procuri, and ImageX. US and international experience including start-up of DocuSign's first office outside of the US. Executive level leadership experience bolstered by strong communication and analytical skills. Broad background includes extensive involvement in go-to-market strategy and execution, M&A, hyper-growth, and IPO. I came to sales via product management after starting my career as an electrical engineer and then adding an MBA. After over 15 years building and leading go-to-market organizations I took on broader company leadership as President and COO of Conga from 2015 - 2020.
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Strategic Advisor To Ceo And CroGelatoVashon, Wa, Us -
Investor & Independent Board DirectorCopado Nov 2020 - PresentChicago, Illinois, Us -
Investor & Board ObserverCopado Aug 2018 - Oct 2020Chicago, Illinois, Us -
Investor & Independent Board DirectorVega Cloud Dec 2020 - PresentLiberty Lake, Wa - Washington, Us -
Investor & Independent Board DirectorHalosight Aug 2020 - PresentMidvale, Utah, Us -
Strategic Advisor To Ceo & CroGelato Feb 2024 - PresentOslo, No -
Investor & AdvisorTriyo Jun 2021 - PresentToronto, Ontario, Ca -
Investor & AdvisorDiscern.Io Aug 2020 - PresentNew York, Ny, Us -
Advisor To The CeoConga May 2020 - PresentBroomfield, Co, UsSupporting business strategy and integration post-merger of Conga and Apttus. -
Chief Strategy Officer (Cso)Conga Sep 2019 - May 2020Broomfield, Co, UsResponsible for long-term strategy for this $130M+ hyper-growth leader of Digital Document Transformation (DDX). Led the project team on the $715M merger with Apttus in May 2020. Moved into Advisor to CEO role after merger. -
President & Chief Operating OfficerConga Oct 2015 - Aug 2019Broomfield, Co, UsRecruited by Insight Venture Partners to lead AppExtremes LLC (dba Conga) which they had acquired majority ownership of in April of 2015. Led all aspects of the business for over 3 years including Sales, Marketing, Product, Development, Legal, Finance, Accounting, Security and more to build a successful hyper-growth SaaS B2B business application company.Results included:- Grew Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) from <$15M to over $130M- Built or rebuilt essentially all business functions while growing the employee base from <50 employees to over 500 employees worldwide- Expanded the product solution from a single application to a Solution Suite of 8+ products through organic development and 6 successful acquisitions- Established Conga as a Top 5 Salesforce ISV partner globally -
InvestorFullcast Dec 2023 - PresentSalt Lake City, Utah, Us -
Investor & Independent Board DirectorFullcast Jan 2017 - Dec 2023Salt Lake City, Utah, Us -
InvestorProvar Testing Apr 2022 - PresentLondon, Gb -
Investor & Chairman Of The BoardProvar Testing Feb 2020 - Apr 2022London, Gb -
Investor & Independent Board DirectorOwn Company Oct 2018 - Nov 2024Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, UsOwn (formerly OwnBackup ) was acquired by Salesforce in November 2024 for $2.1 Billion. -
Strategic AdvisorSuplari, Inc. Aug 2020 - Jul 2021Seattle, Wa, UsCompany acquired by Microsoft in July 2021 -
Member Board Of DirectorsBsquare Aug 2017 - Aug 2018Renton, Wa, UsMember of the Board of Directors of BSQUARE focused on helping the company launch it's DataV Industrial IOT solutions. -
Chief Revenue OfficerBlue Box, An Ibm Company Jun 2014 - Jul 2015Responsible for Blue Box Group's global sales, business development and marketing. Major focus was launch and growth of new Blue Box Cloud - Private Cloud As A Service (PCaaS) based on OpenStack - while continuing to grow the company's core Managed Hosting business. Led the team in the successful sale of the company to IBM in June 2015.
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Chief Revenue OfficerTier 3, A Centurylink Company Jun 2013 - Jun 2014Joined Tier 3 while still an independent company with responsibility for all revenue and commercial operations (Sales, Business Development, Marketing & Services). Implemented new commercial strategy to drive increase in direct and partner revenue. Played an instrumental role in selling the company to the Savvis division of CenturyLink in November, 2013. Stayed on to run commercial and channel operations and sales for resulting CenturyLink Cloud platform through June of 2014. Led the team to increase monthly recurring revenue (MRR) from CenturyLink Cloud by over 100%.
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Svp Of Commercial Operations (Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Support)Symform Oct 2012 - May 2013Responsible for Symform's global go-to-market and partnership strategies. Major stakeholder in developing and implementing overall corporate strategy.
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Managing Director, Docusign EuropeDocusign, Inc. Aug 2011 - Oct 2012San Francisco, Ca, UsMoved to London to open DocuSign's first international office. Hired team of 8 to implement of go-to-market strategy which led to over $1 Million in sales from over 250 new customers. Built partner ecosystem and won deals with brands including ABN Amro, ADT, BSkyB, Centrica, Google Germany, Halfords, Intercall, Virgin Enterprises, and many others. -
Vice President Of SalesDocusign, Inc. Jan 2010 - Jul 2011San Francisco, Ca, UsWith Business Development moved to a separate Executive, I focused entirely on building out our US Direct Sales organization, including a regionally organized Enterprise Sales Team and an Inside Sales Team focused on SMB out of our Seattle office. -
Vice President Of Sales & Business DevelopmentDocusign, Inc. Jun 2007 - Dec 2009San Francisco, Ca, UsResponsible for sales, partner, channel, customer support and professional services for DocuSign's SaaS eSignature business process automation solutions. Produced 16X sales growth (on a monthly basis) from June '07 through December '09 while growing the sales organization from 7 to 20. Established partner programs, implemented offshore Tier 1 support program, built inside sales organization, and established DocuSign as the premier Enterprise-class SaaS solution in our category. -
Regional Vice President Of SalesProcuri, Inc. Aug 2004 - May 2007Manage sales team in the Western United states to drive growth of On-Demand Supply Management (eSourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, Spend Analytics) software platform into Global 2000 target customer base.
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Vice President Of SalesFedex Kinko'S (Imagex) Dec 1998 - Aug 2004Varied sales leadership positions in this startup company (ImageX) as we grew through the "dot-com" period including an IPO. Acquired by Kinko's in 2003, Kinko's was acquired by FedEx in 2004. Responsible for all sales of the ImageX product line within FedEx Kinko's nationally.
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Regional Sales ManagerDupont Printing & Publishing May 1990 - Dec 1998Wilmington, De, UsResponsible for Western Region of the US and Mexico for sales of supplies and equipment into the printing industry. Earlier experience included worldwide product management for large capital equipment product line. -
Product ManagerImagitex 1990 - 1991Responsible for worldwide product management of the monochrome scanner product line and development of DuPont's first flatbed color CCD-based scanner for the graphic arts industry. ImagiTex was a subsidiary of DuPont Printing & Publishing.
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Product ManagerKodak / Eikonix 1984 - 1989
Bob Desantis Education Details
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Temple UniversityGeneral Business -
Boston UniversityElectrical Engineering
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